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Date Posted: 16:06:27 03/20/04 Sat
Author: Gareth
Subject: Re: message to gareth
In reply to: complainant 's message, "message to gareth" on 19:41:42 03/18/04 Thu

Firstly sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.

The whole me gloryfying drugs thing on this website has come up before . What I would say is that that view point is silly because the whole point of the drug section is completely the opposite. It is that ridiculous glorification and dis-honesty of drugs that has caused the problem in the first place. People will sit there saying 'all drugs are bad' whilst having only not ever experienced them, drinking alcohol at the same time.

Everything is down to perception. Some would say perception is reality. I agree. This is where the confusion has come from I assume and also the reason why I don't like explaining my actions. As this is so personal to you I will happily elaborate a little more.

Quite simply; I DON'T THINK DRUGS ARE COOL AND DON'T LIKE TAKING THEM.

But with any rule there are exceptions. Drinking a pint of alcohol or smoking one spliff won't hurt anyone.

Personally I have not smoked cannabis on than that ratio for well over a year now. It is the same with all drugs mentioned. In case I had not understood myself I am sure my views were very anti-drugs. Generally my opinion echoes something along the lines of -'it's not worth doing but worth trying to know why it's not worth doing.'

Now if someone gets addicted to a drug (whether it be one of those metnioned or something completely different like crack, coca cola or chocolate) then that is down to something completely different. That is down to the individual and that is something I do not want to go into.

I have looked at my opinions and I feel they maybe slightly out of date, on a personal level, but they still generally echo my honest opinion.

Taking magic mushrooms, if done properly, will do no one any harm whatsoever and I will stand by that opinion till the day that I die.

The whole ratings system is just a piss take of the media and anyone who can't see through that, well, can't see through that.

Mark is just humour. Very little should ever be left off the humour plate because that breeds divide.

I do not in any way think 'I am cool' for gloryfying drug abuse, because I have never done that. But I do think being outspoken in an honest opinion is cool in it's own right.

Once again sorry to hear about your friend and I hope it helps you to find your own way in life,

Gareth

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